Ce vendredi, 71 équipages autos sont attendus au départ du prologue du Dakar 2024 qui s’élancera d’AlUla.
Cette année encore, le plateau semble très homogène et la bagarre pour la victoire promet d’être belle entre Prodrive, Toyota et Audi. Tous les grands noms du rallye-raid seront présents avec notamment de gros favoris tels que Nasser Al-Attiyah, Stéphane Peterhansel, Sébastien Loeb, Carlos Sainz et Yazeed Al-Rahji.
Dans le rang des outsiders, de nombreuses Toyota Hilux T1+ seront présentes avec notamment Guerlain Chicherit, Seth Quintero, Juan-Cruz Yacopini, Lucas Moraes ou encore Guillaume De Mevius. Face aux quatre roues motrices, Matthieu Serradori et Brian Baragwanath viseront certainement une place dans le top 10 final.
Liste des engagés
5 au 19 Janvier 2024 – Dakar
| N° | Pilote | Copilote | Equipe | Voiture | Classe |
| 200 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Nasser Racing | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 201 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Timo Gottschalk | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 202 | Stéphane Peterhansel | Édouard Boulanger | Team Audi Sport | Audi RS Q e-tron E2 | T1.U |
| 203 | Sébastien Loeb | Fabian Lurquin | Bahrain Raid Xtreme | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 204 | Carlos Sainz | Lucas Cruz | Team Audi Sport | Audi RS Q e-tron E2 | T1.U |
| 205 | Juan Cruz Yacopini | Daniel Oliveiras | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 206 | Lucas Moraes | Armand Monleón | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 207 | Mattias Ekström | Emil Bergkvist | Team Audi Sport | Audi RS Q e-tron E2 | T1.U |
| 208 | Martin Prokop | Viktor Chytka | ORLEN Jipocar Team | Ford Raptor | T1+ |
| 209 | Giniel de Villiers | Dennis Murphy | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 210 | Nani Roma | Alex Haro Bravo | Ford M-Sport | Ford Ranger | T1+ |
| 211 | Guerlain Chicherit | Alex Winocq | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 212 | Mathieu Serradori | Loïc Minaudier | Serradori Racing Team | Century CR6-T | T1.2 |
| 214 | Vaidotas Žala | Paulo Fiuza | X-raid Arijus Team | Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus | T1+ |
| 215 | Denis Krotov | Konstantin Zhiltsov | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 216 | Seth Quintero | Dennis Zenz | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 217 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc | Łukasz Kurzeja | X-raid Mini JCW Team | Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus | T1+ |
| 218 | Wei Han | Li Ma | HanWei Motorsport | Red-Lined HW2024 | T1+ |
| 219 | Brian Baragwanath | Leonard Cremer | Century Racing | Century CR7-T | T1+ |
| 220 | Christian Lavieille | Valentin Sarreaud | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 221 | Guillaume de Mévius | Xavier Panseri | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 222 | Simon Vitse | Frédéric Lefebvre | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 223 | Benediktas Vanagas | Kuldar Sikk | Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 225 | Gareth Woolridge | Boyd Dreyer | Ford M-Sport | Ford Ranger | T1+ |
| 226 | Saood Variawa | François Cazalet | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 227 | Eugenio Amos | Paolo Ceci | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 228 | Jérôme Pélichet | Pascal Larroque | RaidLynx | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 229 | Lionel Baud | Lucie Baud | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 230 | Pau Navarro | Gonçalo Reis | X-raid Mini JCW Team | Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus | T1+ |
| 231 | Romain Dumas | Max Delfino | Rebellion Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 232 | Pascal Thomasse | Arnold Brucy | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 234 | Jean-Rémy Bergounhe | Lionel Costes | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 235 | Isidre Esteve | José Maria Villalobos Valcarcel | Repsol Toyota Rally Team | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 236 | Ronan Chabot | Gilles Pillot | Overdrive Racing | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | T1+ |
| 237 | Tim Coronel | Tom Coronel | Coronel Dakar Team | Century CR7-T | T1.2 |
| 238 | Laia Sanz | Maurizio Gerini | Astara Team | Astara 02 Concept | T1.2 |
| 239 | Aliyyah Koloc | Sébastien Delaunay | Buggyra ZM Racing | Red-Lined REVO | T1+ |
| 240 | Vladas Jurkevičius | Aisvydas Paliukėnas | Atlantis Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 241 | Jean-Luc Ceccaldi | Thomas Gaidella | JLC Racing | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 242 | Marcos Baumgart | Kleber Cincea | X Rally Team | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 243 | Guy Botterill | Brett Cummings | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 244 | Jean-Pierre Strugo | Christophe Crespo | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 245 | Cristian Baumgart | Alberto Andreotti | X Rally Team | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 246 | Frédéric Chesneau | Lionel Romanin | Skybox Rally-Raid | Century CR6 | T1.2 |
| 247 | Michel Kremer | Thomas de Bois | Coronel Dakar Team | Century CR6 | T1.2 |
| 248 | Tomáš Ouředníček | David Křípal | Toyota Gazoo Racing Czech | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 249 | Feilong Liu | Wang Yicheng | YunXiang Racing | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 250 | Urvo Männama | Risto Lepik | Rally Raid Estonia | Century CR7-T | T1+ |
| 251 | Alexandre Pesci | Stephan Kuhni | Rebellion Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ |
| 252 | Ping Sun | Min Liao | YunXiang Racing | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 253 | Philippe Boutron | Franck Maldonado | Sodicars Racing | Sodicars BV2 | T1.2 |
| 254 | Zi Yungang | Hong Yu Pan | YunXiang Racing | Prodrive Hunter | T1+ |
| 255 | Dominique Housieaux | Delphine Delfino | Serradori Racing Team | Century CR6 | T1.2 |
| 256 | Xiangyan Sun | Yu Tian | HanWei Motorsport | SMG HW2023 | T1.2 |
| 257 | François Cousin | Stéphane Cousin | Compagnie des Dunes | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 258 | Hennie de Klerk | Juan Möhr | TreasuryONE Motorsport | WCT Toyota Hilux | T1+ |
| 259 | Gintas Petrus | Jose Marques | Petrus Racing | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 260 | Andrea Schiumarini | Andrea Succi | TH-Trucks Team | Century CR6 | T1.2 |
| 261 | Benoit Fretin | Cédric Duple | YDEO Competition | Century CR6 | T1.2 |
| 262 | Patricia Pita Gago | Paolo Boggioni | Astara Team | Astara 02 Concept | T1.2 |
| 264 | Maik Willems | Robert Van Pelt | Bastion Hotels Dakar Team | Toyota Hilux | T1+ |
| 266 | Cedric Goumaz | Pascal Delacour | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 267 | Jérôme Cambier | Philippe Gosselin | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 268 | Stefan Carmans | Antonius van Tiel | CSA Racing | Red-Lined REVO | T1+ |
| 269 | Antoine Delaporte | Yoann François | Off Road Concept | Constant LCR 30 | T1.2 |
| 270 | Patrice Étienne | Antoine Sanchez | YDEO Competition | Century CR6 | T1.2 |
| 271 | Silvio Totani | Tito Totani | Motortechnica Racing Team | Nissan Patrol | T1.1 |
| 272 | Jean-Philippe Beziat | Vincent Albira | MD Rallye Sport | MD Optimus | T1.2 |
| 273 | Karel Trneny | Michal Ernst | Workoutland ACCR Czech Team | Ford F-150 Evo | T1+ |
| 274 | Magdalena Zajac | Jacek Czachor | Proxcars TME Rally Team | Toyota Hilux | T1.1 |
..Près d’un tiers de Toyota. Un hasard ?
Pierre-Louis Loubet est au départ de l’Africa Eco-Race au volant d’un buggy !
(Je viens de le découvrir)